Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0056057
CARGILL INDUSTRIAL SPECIALITIES, Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0056057 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARGILL INDUSTRIAL SPECIALITIES, held by CARGILL INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTIES, holds NPDES permit IL0056057, which discharges to Calumet River. EPA’s file records it issued January 10, 2019 and expiring January 31, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CARGILL INDUSTRIAL SPECIALITIES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CARGILL INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTIES |
| NPDES ID | IL0056057 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 10, 2019 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2024 |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60617 |
| Receiving water | CALUMET RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Calumet River-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC 040400010603) |
| SIC | 2851 – Paints And Allied Products |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILD081046518; ICIS-AIR source IL000031600FWM |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 1With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 43 | 1 | May 31, 1998 | 45% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IL0056057.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.